Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-06-02

indulgence to light-bearers- regime
which poisoned Socrates, murdered
Phoeion, banished Aristides, and cru
Gifted the Son of God. He will also rel
member that whosoever cOnsecrates
himself to the mental and moral eleva-
ton of mankind must accept of power
ty as the inseparable accompaniment
of the work.
If he does not think of these things
beforehand, be will soon find them
forced on his attention. 1t is assumed
that the teacher has a moral character
that is good for something, that he is a
positive force on the side of the right.
He will need to clearly see his work as
| part of the existing state of things.
1t has been said that the objective
point in teaching is to enable the schOl-
ar to think correctly, independently,
and promptly. There is divine author
ity for saying that as man thinketh
so is he. This asserts that our thoughts
are the germs of our words and deeds.
AS our thoughts, words and deeds con-
stiiute our characters, so training to
think is character-building.
A human character is moral and
mental structure, and must have a
foundation. There is divine authority
for saying that, tor moral aud mental
building, other foundation can no man
Law than that is laid which is Jesus
Christ.
The domain of theology will not be
intruded on, although the line will run
near it's borders. In treating of Christ
as the foundation of a sound character,
we must discriminate between the
Christ of the partizan, or sectary, and
the Christ of God. The last mentioned
is the impersonation or embodiment of
the whole truth and law OF God, as
they refer to and are designed to con-
troll the lives of men. The law of God
demands that men shall be honest,
faithful, pure, upright, brave, cour-
teous, sympathizing, forebearing, for
giving, patient, and loving. The
Christ of God was all of these. above
measure. Just in proportion as a
human character reflects these traits,
it is built upon the foundation of the
Apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ
himself being the chief corner stone.
, This is. the type of character that al
ways has eventually won, and always
will triumph for the right.
"For forms of faith let senseless bigots
fight
He can't be wrong whose life is in the
right"
A teacher should be wise master
builder. In the construction of an edi-
: flee there must not only be fouli-
dation, but at least mental model.
} The teacher must furnish that. AS no
stream can rise higher than its source,
J SO no part of teachers power to in
t struct or control school can rise above
] his own example. AS it is true that il
, teacher expects to rule by by physic-
al force, he must be physically strong
. er than any of his pupils, so if he ex-
2 poets to control by moral power, he
, must be morally stronger than those
> under his care. For teacher must
} not only be thinker, but leader OF
: thought. Teaching school does not
t consist in going through textbooks,
t with the scholars studying them, but in
3 so explaining principles as they arise
3 that the explanations may be open
t gateways leading to higher attain
] ments, and stimulate and encourage
2 the pupils to reach them. But in char
= acter-building there must also be mate
rails for the structure. These the
: pupils must be taught to collect and
arrange for themselves. being governed
t in the work by the great fact that in
sta bility in moral principle is the sole
3 secret of failure in life. The great
> mistake of to-day is the effort to divorce
3 mind and morals. 1t builds characters
based on sand, or worse, and the struct-
: ures are composed of wood, hay,
: straw, or stubble. and will not stand
/. the fire which sooner or later tries ev-
cry man. There has probably never
been another time when the labors of
the society for the diffusion of useless
knowledge and the general confusion
of the human understandings were as
numerous and varied as now.
!, Through this surging, roaring,
r seething mass it will be difficult to
lead any one, or even furnish chart.
: After more than forty years spent in
/ teaching four generations of pupils in
twelve different States of the Union,
T it appears that the best method of con-
D structIng character is to take the Bible
E for the law in the case, and one or more
well-conducted newspapers to obtain
the current facts, and let the reader,
J as juror, thinking independently, cor
: rectly, and promptly, combine the law
and the facts, and forge out his own
conclusions. If he does this, he will
, give modern theology and our CONNER
cial christianity wide birth. But he
; will be force on the side of the right.
THOMAS CALLAHAN.
i. Edge Hill, Mo.
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